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The Central Arkansas volleyball team has released its schedule for the 2012 season, second-year head coach David McFatrich announced this week. UCA will play a tough non-conference schedule that includes Missouri State – a Top 50 RPI program and NCAA Tournament participant a year ago, Big 12 member Texas Tech, Southern Miss out of Conference USA, Louisiana Tech from the WAC, South Alabama from the Sun Belt, and SWAC champion and NCAA Tournament participant Jackson State.

It will be the first season since UCA joined the conference that the Southland will not have divisions, following the departure of Texas State, UT Arlington and UTSA to the WAC. With the Southland in its first year as a 10-member conference with the addition of Oral Roberts, league play will be in double round-robin format. ORU finished last season No. 87 in the RPI with a 20-10 overall record and third-place finish in the Summit League.

UCA will close out the regular season by playing four of its final six matches at home before hosting the conference tournament at the Farris Center for the second consecutive season on Nov. 16-18.